Loras College - Purgold Yearbook (Dubuque, IA)

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Inauguration Weekend 1 Rt. Rev. Msgr. Francis P. Friedl acted as Master of Ceremonies for the Inauguration Program while Gaylord M. Couchman, newly retired President of the University of Dubuque, delivered the Invocation. Mr. Joseph Beisenstein, Student Senate President, then delivered the Loras Student Body ' s message of congratulation to Monsignor Driscoll. In his message. President Beisenstein stressed the need for communication between all segments of the community. Representing the Loras Faculty, Mr. Vaughn Cayman extended congratulations to Loras new President and assured him that members of the faculty were prepared to co¬ operate in any effort directed at academic ex¬ cellence. Pictured above is Dr. Couchman. To the left is Senate President Beisenstein. 17

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Loras College Tlie weekend of October 20-22, 1967 marked yet another milestone in the life of the Loras College community. This Inauguration Weekend provided another chapter in the history of an ever-changing Loras. At 11:00 A.M. on Friday, October 20, in excess of two hundred college representatives and delegates, representing educational offices and organizations from all parts of the eoun- try, gathered in the Fieldhouse to take part in the inauguration of the lit. Rev. Msgr. Justin Albert Driscoll, Ph.D., as the nineteenth Presi¬ dent of Loras College. Also in attendance were the members of the three segments of the Loras community—administration, faculty, and students. 10

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Lords College Following a brief congratulatory message by Mayor Richard Ludwig of Dubuque, the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Dorance V. Foley, retired President, passed the mace (symbol of the Presidential Office) to the Most Reverend James J. Byrne who in turn presented it to Monsignor Driscoll. As the nineteenth President of Loras Col¬ lege, Monsignor Driscoll then proceeded to deliver his Inaugural Address. President Dris¬ coll spoke of the commitments of this com¬ munity while emphasizing Loras’ commitment to faith. In the course of his address, Monsignor Driscoll spoke of the need of church-related colleges for financial aid so that diversity within the community can be maintained. “But diversity is a value in education only if differ¬ ent schools exist and flourish, only if they are encouraged and assisted,” he said. President Driscoll proclaimed that, “Loras College is dedicated to truth. It seeks to widen the horizons of man and the beauty of the uni¬ verse. It claims no monopoly on truth, but it has a vital interest in all truth: in the worlds dust as well as in man’s destiny; in mans rea¬ son as well as in God’s mystery. “The college should he in the world but not of it. It is a vantage point, not a billboard, a house of intellect through whose wide u indou s the tur¬ moil and the violence of even this vio¬ lent age can be appraised on prin- ciples more lasting than the shifting pgssions of the how. ' Monsignor Jusin A. Driscoll Inaugural Address 1967 18